Movie Favorites Review | September

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful day and that you don't mind my absence for about 2 weeks now. I'm very sorry, just been very tired of all the tests that I had for about a month. I thought that I needed a little time for myself, I hope you understand. 

But, I'm not here today to give excuses again, I'm here to write my favorite monthly post, that is the Movie Favorites Review. This post is indispensable for me, because I love sharing with people movies that I enjoyed, specially when it involves Netflix, and because it is a great way to keep track of the movies I have watched. So this month I watched quite a lot of things, but I only gadered 5 movies/Tv show to recommend you this month. Well, I was looking through them again and just two of them are actually from Netflix, I'm sorry, but all the others I watched them online so you could propably find them and watch them too.

So let's start, shall we?

1. Phoebe in Wonderland

In my opinion this movie was amazing, although it doesn't have that many stars on Netflix. But I thought it was so unique, that I can't imagine someone rating it low. Well, the movie is about a creative 9-year-old girl named Phoebe and she lives with a syndrome called tourette. Her parents actually don't know that she has this syndrome until the end of the movie and neither does she. The movie revolves around a school play of Alice in Wonderland and the struggles that Phobe faces because of her syndrome not yet discovered. 

The movie is great I'm telling you, trust me. It is very inspiring watching Elle Fanning acting such a difficult and complex character like Phoebe. And the character herself is inspirational. I never heard about Tourette before and this movie taught me a lot about it. Is beautiful. Just watch it.

2. Love, Rosie

Oh this movie, let me tell you, I cried at almost every scene...not even kidding. I just loved it. It reminded me a lot of the movie One Day, but this one has a happy ending. You probably already know about what the movie is about, because it is really popular...I think. But I'm still going to give you a short summary of what it is about. 

The movie is about the friendship of Rosie and Alex and how a simple situation or mistake can change the whole entire course of your life. But in the end, if is destiny, there is nothing that can stop something from happening.

 And this is all I am going to tell you about this movie, because I don't want to spoil you. If you enjoey the movie One Day you will love this one, no doubt. It is just so real.

3. The Virgin Suicides

What a mystery! I don't have a clue of what actually happend with the sisters. This is not a spoiler ok? The title of the movie is The Virgin Suicides, so you already have an idea of what it might happend through out the movie. 

I'm very intrigued by it, that made me want to read the actual book. This movie is so different and enigmatic. I really enjoyed it. This is what I call a typical tumblr movie. Is one of those types that you always see gifs and quotes of it in tumblr, that's how I actually discovered it. I love tumblr movies haha... that is how I found out about Pulp Fiction too.

4. Narcos

Oh this was the highlight of the month. Gosh, this is one of the best Tv show that I ever seen. It is up there with Prison Break (that is my ultimate favorite tv show of all time), so you kind of can have an idea of how good it is. I really was surprised by the show, wasn't expecting much of it. But the story blew my mind, I never knew that all of that actually happend. And that, that was the beginning of the huge production of drugs and all the narcotrafic that stands till this day.

I really recommend if you like to learn a little bit more about history and how the drug world that we know now began in the 60s. Another thing that was very outstanding was the acting, it was just phenomenal. Wagner Moura, that is a brazilian actor, was awesome. He played the character of Pablo Escobar, who is probably the main character of this show. And the story is real guys.

You all have to watch it. I just want to warn you about the strong scenes that there are in the show, so just be aware of that when watching. If you don't feel comfortable watching those scenes you can always skip, like I did. And another thing, the tv show is like 80% in spanish. So if you don't have a knowledge in the language, you will have to read subtitles. I read almost all the show,but I kind of could get some of the parts because of it's similarity to portuguese, so it wasn't that hard. But the show is worth reading subtitles for, just saying.

5. Life Partners

I didn't watch this movie on netflix, but you can find it on the internet of course. I wanted to see this movie for a long time now, because it is with Leighton Meester. And I really enjoyed it actually, it is really funny. It is just a movie about friendship, but very inspiring too. It is a very light movie, so I recommend for a day that you want to chill. 

So I hope you all enjoyed this month's movie favorites post and that you are having a great day. And if you have any suggestions of movies or Tv shows, you can leave them down bellow,

Thank you all for reading,

Ana

What is ASMR? + My Favorite Channels

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Hi everyone. I'm so sorry for not posting last weekend,I was very busy studying for some finals. But sadly the tests are continuing until the end of next week. But the good news is that is almost October and summer is closer and school will ending in just a few months, so there will be a lot of post in summer time. 

Well, but I'm not here to talk to you guys about school and tests. Is actually the complete opposite of all that... Is about relaxation. In the beginning of the year I discovered this new ( new for me of course, because many of you probably already heard about it) method of relaxation that is going on on youtube for quite a while now. It is called ASMR. 

ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, being a pleasure tingling sensation in the head, scalp and back that you get in response to visual, auditory and  tactile. Well, I used the help of Wikipedia for the meaning of this one, because I could not explain it myself. But I hope you got the meaning of it, if not I will explain and describe it really informally so that I can understand and you guys too. 

So there are plenty of ASMR videos on youtube and they are basicaly people tapping, whispering, scratching, brushing everything. Yeah, when I first saw a video myself, I thought that was crazy too. The first video I watched was a hair brushing video and it was AMAZING! I never felt so relax my whole entire life. Hair brushing is one of my favorite triggers.

There are a variety of different triggers that you can't even imagine, so you just have to watch some videos to find out what suits you the best. I recommend watching videos when you want to fall a sleep, it helps a lot. Or when you are very stressed out from a hectic day and just want to relax. One thing that asmr videos really help me is to concentrate, I love watching videos while I'm exercising or studying.

So now that you know a little bit more about ASMR you can check out some youtube channels so that you can start watching some videos. Here are my favorite ASMR Channels:

LauraLemurex ASMR

ASMR Angel

Olivia's Kissper ASMR

ASMR Massage Psychetruth

WhispersRed ASMR

I just want to end this post off by saying that I, by no means, am a professional on ASMR or anything like that. I just wrote this post just to let you guys know, if you don't already, about it. So if you want more information on ASMR, you can always research professional opinions and people on youtube that make video. 

And for the lovely picture, I used for this post, is by Annemiek Van Der Kuil. She is a photographer and she has some of her work on Flicker. If you want to check it out, the link is bellow the picture.

So I hope you all are having an amazing day and that you enjoyed this post.

Have a great week,

Ana

Netflix Favorites Review | May & June

If you are searching for a new favorite movie to watch or an awesome Tv series to become obsessed with and binge-watch during the weekend, I might have got you covered. In the past months I have discovered some new tv shows and movies that I loved and actually have still been loving. They are 5 in total, 3 series and 2 movies and they are very different from each other, so there's probably one for every taste. 

So let's start, shall we?

1. The Blacklist

This is my N°1 Tv show right now, I loved this show. My mom and I watched together the first season in a week and we were hooked. Sadly there isn't the next season yet on netflix, but when it comes, I will probably watch it in a weekend. 

I couldn't help but notice the small similarity between this show and the movie Silence of the Lambs, the relationship between the criminal and the FBI agent in both, of the movie and series, are very much the same. Although that would be a problem for most of people, that actually made me like the show a lot more, because I am very fond of the movie. So if you enjoy Silence of the Lambs or just FBI, government and political shows with lots of action, you will probably love this show too. 

2. Downton Abbey

After finishing The Blacklist I was kind of lost, you know that feeling that you get when you finish a series and you don't know what to do? So that was me, I didn't know what to watch next and I spent weeks looking for a good show to watch...then last week I found Downton Abbey and I'm already in love with it. I just finished the first season and I've got two more to go, I was reliefed when I noticed that there were already 3 seasons on netflix. 

What made me like this show was of course the history. The story happends in the early 20th century, when the WWI kind of begins. The show is just beautiful, the costumes are amazing, the history accuracy is outstanding and just the story and characters in general makes the whole show a hundred times better. If you are a fan of movies that have lots of history and ones that shows the life in another century, this might be the tv show for you. 

3. Dance Academy 

I found out about this series a few months ago when I was researching some ballet stuff, and I actually really like it. It is not like a love relationship compared to the other series above, but I really enjoy it. What made me watch this series was of course it's connection with ballet, it is very fun to see how is the dance and ballet world through this show, and you can actually learn some tips and tricks for dancing. I would recommend this series for eveyone who likes dancing and some light teen drama.



4. Flipped

This was such a cute movie, i've never seen anything more adorable. I've already watched this movie a few years ago before, but I didn't remmember the name of the movie so I never watched it again. Until, it came out on netflix, what made me very joyful. I told my little brother to watch this movie too, because I think is suitable for young kids above the age of 10, and he enjoyed it too.

In my opinion this is the type of movie that you get some lessons off of it about life. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a cute and lovely romantic? I think, to watch in a saturday afternoon with your family when there's nothing to do.
WARNING! You will die of adorableness.


5- Horns

Gosh, this movie was crazy. I'm not saying in like in awesome way, I'm saying actually like in a crazy/lunatic way. After finishing the movie, I caught myself thinking for a few minutes about what in the world was that film. Is not that I didn't like it, I enjoyed it a lot actually. The plot was very cool, and the twist in the end was very good, kind of predictable, but still very good.
Yes, I watched this movie because of Daniel Radcliffe. What can I do, I always take the change if I can see Harry again. Ok lets go back to the movie now, sorry.

The story was different of course, you don't see someone with horns in that much in movies, but I think in my opinion, there is a much deeper meaning in this movie, but I could not find out what. If you have already watched this film, and want to express what you thought of it, you can comment down below.

I recommend this movie if you are just looking for something unique and kind of crazy to watch. If you are like bored in watching the same old thing over and over again, give this movie a try. It might not had been my most favorite, but it could be yours.




Thank you guys so much for 170 followers on Bloglovin. I hope you are having a great saturday morning. And if you watch any of these filmes, please feel free to leave a comment down below about what you thought of them,

Have a good day,

Ana

♫ Music I'm Loving ❤

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Thought of just sharing with you guys some songs that I've been loving a few weeks now. So I hope you enjoy listening to them.

I'm kind of in a 50's and 60's mood right now, I love listening and dancing to this type of music because it is so lively and fun. The first three songs are from these decades, and they are those type a songs that you imagine listening in those 50's snack bars or that you can totaly hear in the movies Grease or Cry Baby.

The fourth song is by Cage the Elephant. I have already talk about this band in another post before, but it was about another song of theirs. But this one is just as amazing as the other one. The next song is a Mozart piano sonata by Christian Blackshaw. I don't understand much about classical music, but I really like listening to the piano when I am reading or studying, it gets me more focused in what I'm doing.

And the last song is by a brazilian singer, called Chico Buarque. I have to say... this man was a music genius, his songs are filled of historical secret meanings and his music was a symbol against the dictatorship that happend here in Brazil in the 1960s.

      



       



        



         


        



      




Hope you all had a awesome weekend and that you enjoyed this post. Feel free to listen to any of these songs.

Ana